Psalms 10
1 Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
He aha koe ka tu mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowa? ka whakangarongaro ai i nga wa o te he?
2 Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tukino ana i te tangata iti: kia hopukina ratou ki nga whakaaro i whakaaro ai ratou.
3 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tnngata kino ki te hiahia o tona ngakau, a ko te hunga apo taonga, e whakakahore ana, ae ra, e whakahawea ana ki a Ihowa.
4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:
Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tona mata, E kore e hiahiatia e ia. Kei roto i ona whakaaro katoa e mea ana, Kahore he Atua.
5 God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
Whanoke tonu ona ara i nga wa katoa; kei runga noa ake au whakaritenga te kitea e ia, he mea whakatupereru e ia ona hoariri katoa.
6 For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria: kahore hoki he he moku a nga whakatupuranga katoa.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
Ki tonu tona mangai i te kanga, i te hianga, i te tukino: kei raro i tona arero te whanoke me te teka.
8 He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.
E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i nga pa koraha: e kohurutia ana e ia te hunga harakore i nga wahi ngaro; e matatau ana ona kanohi ki te hunga rawakore.
9 His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tona kuhunga: e whanga ana kia hopukia te tangata iti: e hopukia ana e ia te tangata iti, ua kumea ki tana. kupenga.
10 In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
Kupapa ana ia, piko ana, hinga ana te hunga rawakore i ana mea kaha.
11 For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.
E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, Ka wareware te Atua: e huna ana ia i tona mata, e kore ia e kite ake tonu atu.
12 Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
Whakatika, e Ihowa, e te Atua, takiritia tou ringa: kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.
13 Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.
He aha te tangata kino ka whakahawea ai ki te Atua? kua mea ia i roto i tona ngakau, E kore tenei e whakatakina e koe.
14 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe te whanoke me te whakatoi, a ka utua e tou ringa: e tuku ana te rawakore i a ia ano ki a koe; ko koe hei tuara mo te pani.
15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
Whatiia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino; tena ko te tangata nanakia, whakatakina tona kino, kia kahore ra ano e kitea e koe.
16 The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
Ko Ihowa te Kingi ake ake: kua kahore ke nga tauiwi i tona whenua.
17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.
E Ihowa, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti: mau ano o ratou ngakau e whakapai, ka tahuri ano tou taringa ki te whakarongo:
18 To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
Ki te whakawa mo te pani, mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, kei whakamataku a mua ake te tangata o te whenua.
